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Wednesday, September 21, 2016

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Emmy Award-winning writer Vince Waldron and autograph and memorabilia expert Kevin Martin will join us on the next edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Sept. 23-26 at the following times and venues:

Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 9/23 7pm ET, 4pm PT 10pm ET, 7pm PT Click on the Listen Live button at KSAV.org Use the TuneIn app on your smartphone and type in KSAV Hear us on the KSAV channel on CX Radio Brazil Hear us on your cell phone or landline number by dialing 712-432-4235

Indiana Talks Marion, IN Saturday 9/24 8pm ET, 5pm PT Sunday 9/25 6pm ET, 3pm PT Click on the player at IndianaTalks.com or use the TuneIn app on your smartphone and type in Indiana Talks

Television historian and Emmy Award-winning writer Vince Waldron will join us for a behind-the-scenes look at The Dick VanDyke Show, the most acclaimed comedy series of TV's golden age. Vince’s book The Official Dick Van Dyke Show Book, Deluxe Expanded Archive Editi... tells you everything you wanted to know about the iconic sitcom, as seen through the eyes of the cast and crew, including Carl Reiner, Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews, and, of course, Dick Van Dyke himself. We’ll talk about how Reiner originally developed the series, why the show’s ensemble cast is among the best ever assembled, and the various hoops the Van Dyke show had to go through just to get on the air. Vince Waldron will join us in our second hour.

Also joining this week will be Kevin Martin, owner and CEO of Piece of the Past, one of the longest running autograph dealers in the world today. One of the leading autograph and memorabilia experts in the industry, Kevin has more than three decades of experience authenticating and selling only entertainment memorabilia. He also has written more than ten books, including An Insider’s Guide to Autograph Collecting, an A to Z look at the world of autograph collecting that also features many useful tips to make sure that the autographed celebrity item that you’re thinking of purchasing online and from an outside sources is, in fact, authentic. Kevin Martin will join us in our first hour.

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I represent the first generation whom, when we were born, the television was now a permanent fixture in our homes. When I was born people had breakfast with Barbara Walters, dinner with Walter Cronkite, and slept with Johnny Carson.
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